Improvement in gates



blinded gime @anni @wie Letters Patent No. 108,186, dated October 11,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.-

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

We, SIMON REGA'N-and EDWARD Mnnsv, of Lamotte, Jackson county, Iowa,have invented certain Improve'mentsin Gate-Hinges, of' Whichthefollowing is a specification.

Figure l is a view in perspective;

Figure 2 is a partial planview; vand Figure 3 is a detached sectionalelevation.

This invention consist-s in the combination of a fence-post xed in theIearth, a vertical beam fastened to the vfence-post by screw-bolts, twoor more metal bands loosely inclosing the beam, so as to slide thereon,and a gate provided at one end withl two or more angle-plates, when `theangle-plates are conneotedwith the metal bands aforesadby means ofhinges, so that the gate Vmay be swung; may be raised for the purf poseof placing it above snow or uneven ground, and lowered again whennecessary; and may, byits weight, fasten the sliding bauds upon thevertical beam in whatever position the gate may be placed.

In the drawing- A is thefence-post;

a, the vertical beam ;l

b, the bolts which fasten the beamto the post;

cc, the metal bands which loosely inclose the beam a al, rthe end post;v

'c e, the angle-plates secured upon the post d and f f, the hingeswhich' connect the bauds c and plates e. v

By sliding the bands c on the beam a, the gate may be placed in anydesired position, and when so placed, ,the weight of the gate clamps thehands cupon the beam, so as .to prevent further vertical movement of thegate until thebands c are again moved by hand. r We claim as ourinvention.

The fence-post A, vertical beam @sliding bands c, inclosing the beam aandformng part of the hinges, Agate-post d, angleplates e, partiallyinclosng the gatepost and forming the remaining parts of the hinges,-all these parts being constructed and arranged as described. i SIMONREGAN.

EDW'ARD MEUSY.

Witnesses:

Z.V W. MONTAGUE, HENRY Fnos'r.

